Home, State, and History in Early Modern European Drama and Painting

Shakespeare, Vermeer, Lope de Vega, Molière, and Diderot dont usually keep company with one another. But in this acclaimed book, Richard Helgerson shows that each contributed to a common project of great significance: the artistic promotion of the middle-class home. In a study that stretches over two centuries, Helgerson looks beneath European drama and painting to reveal an unexpected prehistory of modern domesticity.

IntroductionON THE MARGINS OF HISTORY1. Murder in Faversham2. Weeping for Jane Shore3. The Buck Basket, the Witch, and the Queen of FairiesAT HOME IN THE DUTCH REPUBLIC4. Soldiers and Enigmatic GirlsFABLES OF ABSOLUTISM5. The Liberty of Spanish Towns6. From Tartuffe to the French RevolutionEpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

For more information, or to order this book, please visit https://www.press.uchicago.edu